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Coupe Collector
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 101
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Hi all just got a 03/04 BA XR8 ute do they still have the plastic tentioners or did they have the later metal one's ?
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Matakana NZ
![]() Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Matakana NZ
Posts: 3,667
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Plastic from factory, you may be lucky and they might have been changed
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WYT BOS
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 3
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steel bodied tensioners were fitted in mk 2 and onward, had mine changed when billet gear oil pump was fitted
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Perth
Posts: 1,794
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Plastic, just listen to it when cold on start for a rattle to tell if they are on the way out..
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2004 BA XR8 Utility
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 129
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Plastic, ive got a 6/04 BA XR8 ute that had them and got them replaced with the BF steel ratchet type
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Coupe Collector
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 101
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Hi again, a friend has a july 05 XR8 he said its noisey in the morning.
I would think its the plastic tentioners? does any one know what month and year they change? Thanks |
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